Rasyal

Rasyal stands on the Chenab River in the hills south of Kashmir. Tradition associates the old state of Bhimgarh with Bhim Dev, a Rajput ruler said to have established it in the eighth century. In 1810, amid unrest in Jammu during the reign of Diwan Singh, Ranjit Singh sent Gulab Singh to take control. After suppressing rebels in the Rasyal area, Gulab Singh entrusted its administration to his commander Zorawar Singh.